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It has been widely reported that the plane was shot down by a Belgian mercinary fighter-pilot. He was flying a French-made Super-Magister fighter jet. Some reported it to be the Fouga jet fighter of the Katangan airforce - the very same jet that had attacked UN forces on |
It has been widely reported that the plane was shot down by a Belgian mercinary fighter-pilot. He was flying a French-made Super-Magister fighter jet. Some reported it to be the Fouga jet fighter of the Katangan airforce - the very same jet that had attacked UN forces on several occasions during Operation Morthor. There were numerous accounts of this, and similar ones, left out of the official report - reportedly because the accounts differed from one to the other[http://www.webcom.com/ctka/pr399-congo.html]. |
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There has been a lot of speculation about the subject in popular media, in documentaries[http://www.scenic.se/hammarskjold/] and interviews. |
There has been a lot of speculation about the subject in popular media, in documentaries[http://www.scenic.se/hammarskjold/] and interviews. |
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Revision as of 21:32, 11 June 2006
Death
"South Africa Archishop Desmond Tutu, head of the South African Commission still investigating and exposing the crimes of the apartheid era, has come upon documents said to point to a Western plot to kill U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold in 1961!" [1]
See also:
- Letters Say Hammarskjold Death Western Plot
- UN assassination plot denied
- Letters Say UN Sec-Gen Dag Hammarskjold's Death A Western Plot
- NOTES FOR MEDIA BRIEFING BY ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU
Humanitarian
I can't argue that he wasn't a humanitarian. He won the Nobel Peace prize..!
So I'll agree with Filipman on that one that category:Humanitarians is warranted. So lets stop reverting with the edit summary "trolling" or "vandalism". If you want to comment, do so here.
Fred-Chess 13:38, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Removed Cite
I have removed a citeation to [2] because it is broken. Problem remains that this is a needed cite, as the information presented is controversial. It is the Death Section, with the text "One TRC letter said that a bomb in the aircraft's wheel-bay was set to detonate when the wheels came down for landing." --DanielBC 02:33, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
Assassination
It has been widely reported that the plane was shot down by a Belgian mercinary fighter-pilot. He was flying a French-made Super-Magister fighter jet. Some reported it to be the Fouga jet fighter of the Katangan airforce - the very same jet that had attacked UN forces on several occasions during Operation Morthor. There were numerous accounts of this, and similar ones, left out of the official report - reportedly because the accounts differed from one to the other[3].
There has been a lot of speculation about the subject in popular media, in documentaries[4] and interviews.
Then there is also the story of the Belgians actually trowing a party to celebrate the event at some royal palace. And even inviting a certain Swedish diplomat to the party, to his disgust.
Sources for this ?
I lived in the area of Ndola at the time of the incident. This is the first that I have heard of any Belgian jet. The only similar report was that a couple of Mustangs (WWII Vintage) flown by mercenaries that were seen in the area by two local boys but this was never substantiated. --Vumba 16:24, 8 June 2006 (UTC)